GMJason Liang

Jason Liang played his first tournament at nine. He developed through clubs in Virginia, working with coaches including Chris Peterson, Rashad Babaev and Akshayraj Kore. At ten he won Virginia's kindergarten-through-fifth-grade championship. He became a national master in 2018, a FIDE master in 2019 and an international master in 2021. His 2019 results included North American under-twelve gold. He shared the 2020 Barber Tournament title and won the New York State Championship in 2021 and 2022. In 2022 he won the Canadian International Open near Montreal with a perfect score. He also won that year's U.S. Chess Grand Prix. The Eade Foundation gave him its Arthur Award for Chess Excellence in 2022, and he received a Samford Fellowship in 2023. His grandmaster norms included events in New York, Waterloo, Paraguay and Chicago. FIDE records his grandmaster title in 2026. After attending schools in Virginia and Potsdam, New York, he studied civil engineering at Georgia Tech. His father, Chunlei Charles Liang, is a university engineering professor.